Ideally waiting for a market crash/bottom.

In general, Phoenix was ground zero for the crash but has rebounded to nearly pre-crash levels.

Or shield it from a market crash, or.....?

The assistance is a wonderful thing - arrives like clockwork.The inspections highlight issues with the property I think a landlord should address anyway and I haven't found them onerous.  

Started buying houses after the market crashed for 10K in a particular neighborhood and everyone told me that I was nuts. 

I have a general idea since I have prior management skills however   things were already in place when I arrive but I would like to know how to build my maintenance team from a business perspective.  

Then all your friends should be able to become billionaires when they actually predict the crash. 

Anything on the MLS sucks there, its just people who have owned since the 90s or bought during the crash that want to cash out. 

I’m also hearing that the market is at its peak right now and I don’t want to put 212,000 into a property and the market crash and my equity is gone because I want to buy more properties ASAP.

The USPS has chain of ownership all the way to the IRS.Besides, the likelihood of an IRS check *arriving at an apartment complex box on the very day it is broken into is rather like being struck with lightning.